Slave Zero - "Once Was Human" Guitar Tab
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Band: SLAVE ZERO
Album: The Defiant Stand
Song: Once was Human
Copyright (c) Defiance Productions (2002)
Version 1.0 - 23/8/2003
Transcribed By: Sean Young
Email: Ritualwank666@Yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tunning E A D G B E
Intro
Guitar 1
|-0---------------0----------------0----------------5-/-3-/-5---2-/-3-/-2--|
|-2-----7p8-7-----2-----7p8-5------2------7p8-7-----7-/-5-/-7---4-/-5-/-4--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Last bar
|-0---------------0----------------0----------------5-/-3-/-5--6-/-(8)-----|
|-2-----7p8-7-----2-----7p8-5------2------7p8-7-----7-/-5-/-7--8-/-(10)----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-/--3---1-/--3----------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-/--5---3-/--5----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1
|-000-00-33-55--000-00---------000-00--33-55--000-00----------3-2----------|
|-222----55-77--222-----77-55--222-----55-77--222----5-/-(3)--5-4----------|
|-----------------------99-77------------------------7-/-(5)---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
|---------------------33--55------------------------10-10--12-14-----------|
|--77--/--33--/--55---55--77---77--/--33--/--10-10--12-12--12-14-----------|
|--99--/--55--/--77------------99--/--55--/--12-12-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------10p9--55-77--------------------------15p14-12-12-14-14|
|-99-11p12-/-55-/-77--------------9-9-11p12-/-55-/--12-12------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-/-(11)----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Solo's
. . . . . .....
|-9--9--9--/--10-/--9--9--9--/-10-/-9---77777------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-/--12-/--11-11-11-/-12-/-11--99999------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . . .....
|-3--3--3--/--4-/--3--3--3--/-4-/-3---11111--------------------------------|
|-5--5--5--/--6-/--5--5--5--/-6-/-5---33333--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude
Guitar 1
|------------4--3--1--3p1------5--7--9-------------------------------------|
|--4--3--1-1----------------------------7--9--10-----------10p9-10-(7)-----|
|------------------------------------------------9--7--7-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2???
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solos
I'm a bit lost on this part. I think the riffs underneath the solos are a variation of
the pre solo riffs. I haven't a clue of the solos.
After solos
Interlude
Guitar 1
|------------4--3--1--3p1------5--7--9-------------------------------------|
|--4--3--1-1----------------------------7--9--10-----------10p9-10-(7)-----|
|------------------------------------------------9--7--7-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2???
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0---------------0----------------0----------------5-/-3-/-5---2-/-3-/-2--|
|-2-----7p8-7-----2-----7p8-5------2------7p8-7-----7-/-5-/-7---4-/-5-/-4--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Last bar
|-0---------------0----------------0----------------5-/-3-/-5--6-/-(8)-----|
|-2-----7p8-7-----2-----7p8-5------2------7p8-7-----7-/-5-/-7--8-/-(10)----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1-/--3---1-/--3----------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-/--5---3-/--5----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Guitar 1
|-000-00-33-55--000-00---------000-00--33-55--000-00----------3-2----------|
|-222----55-77--222-----77-55--222-----55-77--222----5-/-(3)--5-4----------|
|-----------------------99-77------------------------7-/-(5)---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Guitar 1
|---------------------33--55------------------------10-10--12-14-----------|
|--77--/--33--/--55---55--77---77--/--33--/--10-10--12-12--12-14-----------|
|--99--/--55--/--77------------99--/--55--/--12-12-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------10p9--55-77--------------------------15p14-12-12-14-14|
|-99-11p12-/-55-/-77--------------9-9-11p12-/-55-/--12-12------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-/-(11)----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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